The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-19 00:00:00

ROY A.L E NGLISH OPERA, coy] CNT-GA RDEN. Under the ManaG,Nei sent of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mt. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING (Sth time' a new Opera, founded on Goldsmith's Comedy, aald to be called SH STOOPS TO CONQUER. Miss Lot ties , Pyne and Y.r. w. Harrison. After which, the Burls Isq ue Opening of the Grand National rantomime, HARLEQUIN ST. G EORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors open at half- past Six—,,ommence at Seven. IHEAT.RE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. Managers, Mee srs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the: Performances will commence with the New Serio - Com i c Drat na, by Edmund Falconer, entitled -4IGHT ‘ND .‘lolo'. F ncipal characters by Mr. Phelps, tnpported by Messrs. Rycli T, RaTilOr zjames, and Misses R. Leclercq, At and • Heath. ro conclude with t.le ne w Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SIN BAD T.AE :3AILO ; or. The Seven a n d C. Wonders of th World. Clo w is, .1 lessrs. H. Boleno ; Barlequins, Messrs. J. Col •macic and S. Saville; Pantaloons, blessis. W A. Barnts aro 1 J. i.orris ; Columbines, Madame Boieho and :Misses Gu an! ss. Prices as usual. Box 6ffice open from 10 till 5 duty. ROYAL L'Y OEUM THEATRE, Under the Sole :Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DE MOSIO (a Ti •iumphant Success) will be repeated Kvery Evening during tl to Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a Hew and Original Faroe, entitled THE LOST CHILD: Aers.s. H. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charle sr oll Lee ett, ju,reland ; Mi s ses Percy, Pauline Le?Jerci , Wood, s. , and Alias E. Lavenu. '‘ter which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux", taken from ti principal ' Italian Chronicle ," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac t or by Mr. Fechter, sup pcw-ted by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, B rough Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Ct.‘llett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss E. Lavenu, Airs. Lee, auk I bliss Elsworthy. Tile Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is ;oath, to the occupaztts of BOSeg, Box-places, or Stalls, either to: pla y bills or for the safe keeping of hat 4 and cloaks, and at tho attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 3. Commence at 7. firHEATRE ROYAL HAY NI ARKET.-- s ole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS E VENING, THE LITTLE DAISY. Miss Maria Harris. 'ro be toll owed by (by desire) THE RIVALS. Bob Acres, Mr. Buckstone ; Sir Anthony Absolute, Mr. Chippendale ; l‘t es -rs. Ho we, Braid, Rogers. Ciark, Coe: Miss Angel, Miss 11. Lindley., Miss Snowde n, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. After which, KING ARTHUR ; or '1 he Days and Knights of the Rom id fable. Messrs. C , ipoendalo, Compton, Braid, Clirk, Rog ers, T;lbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Te rry, Lindley, Rogers. &c. Commence at 7. 110 Y A - 1., PRINCESS'S THEATRE- S Re Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. 1 HIS EC ENING, PAUL'S Its TURN. After which, HARLEQUI LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the old Woman who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't Jtnow what to do. ,rvEW THE ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHI.— Sole Pronrieto - and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. 2f at Week of Miss Bateman. THIS EVENIN G, THE BETTY HORSEBIIEAKE R. Mi ss Woolgar and , Olr. J. L Toole. to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH Miss Bate gran, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, ss R. PhiS immllips, 1311- and )11g-ton, Stuart, Stephens on, Eburne; Mi H. s, • s. Billin ton. To c2nclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortunio an d his Seven Mag-i-.; Men. A , iessrs. J. Clarke, it. Phillips, Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Josephs, Xliss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. ILEA. H.-EVERY MISS BATEHAN. NIGHT. irSS BATEMAN.—LEAH —Tms EVENING. the 120th appearance of the g - reatTragic Actress, Miss BA rEMAN, in the character of LEAII. In consequence of the unbot.md.2d success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the priLcipat charac' er in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended. Mr Wcbste, begs to announce that it wilt be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the 31 - anagement of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Cro ded with rank and fashion. - The New Comedy of THE SILVER LI SING every EveniMr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Wl's. Stirling, llrs. Frank M-tiliews, and Mr. J. Toole every evening. The following em.nent artistes are fiti , ageri :—M r. Benjamin Webster. Mr..l L. To, le, Mr. Paul Bcdford, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas. Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Herbert. Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Went worth, and Mrs. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, at 7 o'c'ock, entirely new Comedy, in 3 Acts, by Li , icest , r Buckinx m ~Esq., entitled T t-1 E SILVER LLA I\ (, Mr. Charles rifathews, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John s one. Mr. Montague ; Mrs. harles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Thss Cottrell, Miss - Wentworth. and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by Mr, Charles Mathews just translated from the French)in his characteristic character of Un Anglais Timide, entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBEic. To conclude with 1863; or, THE SENSATIONS OF PAST SEASON : Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. A. Cottrell, and Miss Fanny Josephs. ROY AL STRAND THEATRE. - r•lanaer, Mr. W. A. Swanborough. THIS EVITNING, ON AND OFF. To be followed by UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr. )elford, Mr. eixselle ; Miss Marie Wilton, %liss Thorne. After which, the Grand Christmas Burle4que, 0 ttNIEUA IND 14:1.TRYOICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &c. Concluding with MARGATE SANDS. Commence at 7. GRACE EGERTON (Mrs. George egge), at the POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King William street (her TRI RD SEASON in London), EVERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday). Saturday liornit,rs at Three. Stalls. 34. ; unreserved seats, 2s. ; area, Is. Will continue positively for a month only. 11 E TI - IT RD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing, the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENC'E, 011 be had. Every Evening of G. It. GLItNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. COALS. —The LILLESHAL L COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 268. per ton. Double.. 2ls. per ton. Top 255. „ Nuts. l9s. „ Deep 22s. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De notH, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W. Best Core Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tlng DA,T.—Morning, h. m.—Afternoon, 12h. 30m. ro.ktoTtßow.-Moraing, 12h. 55m.—Afternoon. lh. 19m. The Weather—Sun Office, Feb. 19, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 34 Barometer-30.04. ; strong breeze, with snow. „ stm,, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 19, 1864. The Conservative Cheers which greeted Mr. MOOR, the newly-elected member for Brighton, last evening, upon his taking his seat for the first time in the House of Commons, have (we may be quite certain, of that) their especial significance. They mean mischief. They point the moral of what is called—(it matters little, by the way, what the thing,is called, seeing that its existence, term it what you will, is quite visible and manifest all around us)—" this Conservative Reaction." It adorns the tale of a long increasing, and now tole rably clear and perfectly secure majority—on the aide of the O pp ositio n. Never, perh a ps, i n th e annals of Parliament, has an Opposition been so deliberately bent upon biding ltd tane—upon hus banding its resources with all care, but, beyond everything eloe, upon " biding its t ime- The turn in the balance of mem bers has lon g been passed. At saly time during the last twelvemonth the Con servatives in the House of Commons might, upon a well selected opportunity, have PUG Ministers in a minority. It is within the recollection of the country that, during these two last sessions of Parlament, Ministers have in truth been defeated upon division s over and over again. The year be fore last, that is 1862, cams to be known jocu larly as the seesion of Wednesday Defeats for the liberal side of the House, the side of the Govern ment. And this, moreover, upon all kinds of Re form questions of more or less importance. And this was so far back in the history of the present Ad ministration, that it will be remembered,now as as having occurred, time and again, when Sir GEORGE CORNEWALL LEWIS was apparently in tht full vigour of his career both an scholar and ad ministrater, both as statesman and as man of letters, and when there was no suspicion whatever of an 3 probably sudden collapse of those remarkabl e i n tellectual powers, which were, nevertheless, all tht while, beiug overwrought so pitilessly. Then it was that that English Minister, with others of hie col- leagues, would often, upon those fatal Wednesdays, upon those Wednesdays so fatal to the Liberal cause and so pernicious to the last degree to the reputation of the Government, after speaking upon one side coolly go intd the lobby upon the other, blow hot and blow cold, and by necessity come to grief re peatedly in consequence. Session after session the ranks of the Ministerial supports have been visibly and appreciably diminishing. Having said which, it becomes, of course, in a manner superfluous to add that session after session the confronting ranks of the Opposition hive as visibly and as appreciably increasing. A single loss to the one side, has, upon each occasion of course, been a double gain to the other. A fact that wds, at any moment, open to demonstration, upon a division of the whole House, supposing any fitting opportunity for such a division might have occurred. 'the increasing disorganisation of the Liberal Party within the walls of the House of Com mons has all this while been emulated by a disor ganisation no less lamentable, no less glaring of its kind outside the House, among the great mass of t lectors, wherever a chance has presented itself to the Opposition for contesting any vacant seat until then sacred to the ♦indication of the interests of Liberalism. A more signal illustration of what is here referred to—this external disorganisation as emulating the internal disorganisation of the great Liberal Party in the House of Commons itself— could not be adduced than has been presented to view by the result of this recent election down at Brighton. That result htas been the distinct loss to the Liberal party of a seat in the House, and, at the same time, a positive gain to the Conservative Opposition of two votes upon any very important division, any division that is, upon which the fate of the Ministry might happen to be dependent. What was tolerably certain long since, therefore, namely, that the small Liberal majority with which four years ago Lord PALMERSTON and his col leagues undertook to carry on the labours of Go vernment, in this present House of Commons, has not only dwindled away altogether, but has been trans formed on the contrary, by the loss of seat after seat, into a small Conservative majority, hitherto held in terrorem before Ministers by the astute leader and the faithful whips of the Opposition—what in this way was tolerably certain before, is now—by every additional loss of a seat to the Liberals and every additional gain thereby of two votes to th.e Conservatives, rendered more and more matter for absolute certainty. The Opposition has mean while waited so long that it appears to feel as if it could afford to wait yet a little while longer for the selection not simply of an opportunity, but of the very best of all possible opportemities. And, certainly, never has any Ministry—even Lord JOHN'S, even Lord MELBOURNE'S (toward, the close of each)—played more wilfully or more deliberately ieto the hands of their oppo nents. Ministers, indeed, would almost seem to be bent—beyond everything else—upon testing the powers of endurance, not of the Opposition alone, but of many of the more independent among their own supporters. We are glad to find that Mr. LAIRD'S Chain Cables and Anchors Bill has passed the second reading, and is ordered to be committed on Wednes day next. No time will therefore be lost in con verting this very useful and humane measure into law, thereby diminishing the frightful loss of life and property which annually takes place on our shores, We have frequently called (attention to this matter, and have discussed the objects and merits of the previous Bill very fully, since it has long since become painfully evident that it was entirely Useless to trugt to the m...taufeaturore to produce a sterling article unloss they were by law compelled to do so. It is only astonishing that legislation on this subject should have boon so long delayed, especially after it had been publicly ascertained that about 80 per cent. of the cables actually tested failed to stand the trial. Influenced possibly by the public feeling on the matter, the opponents of the measure have this year withdrawn from active opposition, contenting themselves with making disparaging comments. Mr. LAIRD in bringing it forward observed that there was a slight alteration from the bill of last year. The interference of the Board of Trade is now limited to licensing com panies or persons, not being manufacturers, to erect testing machines. It is satisfactory to find that owing to the modifications in the present measure, the Shipowners Association, who opposed the Bill last year, now give it their warm support. We have already heard that LLOYDS' committee are strongly in its favour, as is the Peninsular and Oriental COmpany. and most of the chambers of commerce throughout the country, as well as nearly the whole of the principal chain cable and anchor manufacturers of the kingdom. Mr. LAIRD pointed out that since nine out of ten of those who used these articles were anxious for the Bill, it was most incorrect to object to it on the ground of interfering with trade. With regard to the difficulty about the testing-houses, the hon. member for Birkenhead said that the mann facture was chiefly carried on in certain localities where iron and coal are cheep, and that testing macnines were already established in London, Liverpool, Stafford, on the Clyde, and at other places. The Bill, too, is not to come into effect until July, 1965, so that there will be ample time to erect any machinery that may be requisite. Tie wreck returns of last year tell us that 93 vessels were lost from the parting of cables, a fact which would alone, - one would think, silence all opposition to any remedial measure. Sir J. ELPHINSTONE, who was formerly member of the Anchors and Cable Committee, brought forward most valuable evidence in support of it. Mr. LAIRD observed that it had been proved that the difference between danger and safety to a small ship of 350 tons burden amounted to only L 7 10s. ; while for a ship of 1,000 tons, costing £25,000, the difference was only £35. If for these trifling sums vessels are to be constantly imperilled, it is, indeed, putting the old adage into practice, of "spoiling the ship for a ha'porth of tar." Sir J. ELPHINSTONE also said "that the amount of tonnage wrecked, or seriously damaged, in 1862, was 325,949 tons ; and putting this at an average of £lO a ton, the yearly loss of property was no less than £3,259 430, and this, too, accompanied by the loss of nearly 1,000 lives out of the 14,000 placed in jeopardy. Surely this ought to be put an end to." No one can have studied the Wreck Register without being appalled at the number of vessels annually lost round our shores, the greater proportion being of course coa th st e s. sm T al ti l o ill o - w fo o n e n r d s vessels v at ess tr e a ls de ar r e ou t n o d o the sst;iseseth often indifferent to the lots of the ship, since an ample insurance fully compensates them, and men's lives in some quarters appear to go for nothing. Mr. HASSARD mentioned a case within his own magisterial experience in which some men had been brought before him for deserting a vessel loading ore upon a rock-bound coast. It was necessary whenever there was a south wind to ship anchor And be off, but so ingeniously was the eh' ip equipped that when they put out an anchor strong enough o hold the ship the cable invariably gave way ; when they put out a cable of suitable resisting powers the anchor never failed to come home. 4 Under these circumstances the magistrates dismissed THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1864. the complaint, but how many men have gone down at sea from the same cause? The Mercantile Marine Association of Liverpool, a body consisting principally of captains and mates of vessels, a class who are certainly not given to a restless desire for change or to theoretical innovations, have presented a petition in favour of some legislation on this sub ject. The principal voice raised against Mr. LAIRD'S bill was, as on former occasions, that of Mr. LINDSAY, who, in a most illogical and contra dictory speech, denounced the measure both in principle and practice. The testing, he said, was no security against danger, because however highly yoti tested a cable the pressure of the gale might be great us to break it. H)wever strongly a ship is built there is no certainty that she may no, spring a leak in some of her voyages, but she is nor for that reat•od ordinarily sent to sea with a teak in Ler bottom. All manufactures might go down to a very low ebb if this prin ciple were adopted. Bat Mr. LINDSAY'S assertions are still more marvellous. He ap pears to think that cables and T anchors are destined to rust out in the matiutatlory where they are first made, and that it is perfectly impossible to transport them from one place to another. He complained that the bill would destroy the trade of all the small makers, who could not afford the ex pense of testing machines, and would throw the monopoly into the hands of a few large manufac turers in Staffordshire and Wales. At the same time it would destroy the business of one of the largest firms existing, Messrs. BROWN, LENNOX, and Co., because their manufactory being in W ales there would be no testing machines in their neigh bourhood, and 3,000 or 4,000 workmen must, con sequently, be thrown out of empioym'ont. Alas for Mr. LINDSAY'S argument ! Messes. BROWN, LEN NOX, and Co. manufacture for the Admiralty,where the testing is indispensable. They have also, it seems, a testing machir.ie of their own at Cardiff, and another in Londo - d, where the mooring chains which they supply to the Admiralty are tested under the supervision of the Government, the other chainrs being tested in the dockyard. A clause, we think ' might with advantage be introduced per mitting the establishment of a testing machine on the rdmmises of large firms, under Government in • spection, the expense of the official being defrayed by the firm. Aiso the method tried last year in Llndon, by means of which two or three men very quickly tested long and heavy chain cables by hydraulic pressure, is worth examination. All these points can be examined into in committee, and we cat, only regret that any gentleman, more especially a shipbuilder of Mr. LINDSAY s standing, should remain so obstinately hostile to a measurt which is so well calculated to promote the best interests of trade as well as serving the more important end of preserving life at sea from unnecessary risks. At a time when the serious attention of Parlia ment is invoked to determine on the respective merits of the various lines of railway with which it is proposed to intersect the metropolis, and when, despite the depreciation of railway stock generally, a new railway mania seems to have sprung up, it behoves us to consider seriously whether sufficient protection is afforded to railway travellers 13,- the enactments of the Board of Trade. We desire that all commercial undertakings in this country may be unrestrained and unfettered by Legislative restrictions as far as possible, with due regard to the safety and general interests of the public, but it must be borne in mind that great privileges have been conferred upon railway companies, and in re turn for such privileges the public has a right to demand that proper precautions be adopted for their safety aryl convenience. There exists in many districts of the metropolis a kind of panic. Tnousands of houses have been doomed by severat conclaves, which only await the sanction of Parlia ment to commence their work of demolition. It may be said by the supporters of the'ne 9? schemes that the many will reap advantages for the inconve nienc9s of the few. These advantages will lose much of their charms if stringent measures are not taken to ensure, as far as possible, safety to the travellers. The practice of ensuring one's life before starting upon a railway excursion is a prudent one, and the success of the company which provides a pecuniary redress for railway ac cidents shows that the public appreciate its advantages. But is it not the duty of the Board of Trade to render it compulsory on all rail way companies to take all necessary precautions to prevent accidents. Last week a serious accident took place on the Maldon and Whitby branch of the North-Eastern Railway, which resulted in the deaths of two individuals and the serious injury of many others. The last passenger train for Mai don "travelled safely as far as the bank top in Gothland. There the engine was detached, and the train, as is usual, was hooked on to a break van, to which a rope of wire is attached, and was pushed over the bank on to the incline in the usual way. The trains are lowered by a stationary engine at the top, and last night all was considered to be in proper working order. When probably about 150 yards on the descent the rope suddenly broke, and the train was left to its career down nearly a mile of incline, of which the gradient is 1 in 14. At this part of the incline the line curves sharply to the right, crossing the- Elderbeck. The train passed the bridge in safety, but a few yards further on left the rails and rolled over. Assistance was promptly obtained from Whitby, and the victims and the rest of the passengers forwarded to that town. This i t , not the first accident which has occurred on this incline, and the North-. Eastern Company hos lately obtained a deviation act, and the new line is fast approaching completion, when we believe that this portion of the line will be abandoned." Such a proceeding is highly creditable to the company, but the very fact of their incurring the expense of constructing a new line for this portion of the route proves at once that they are aware of the dangers to which passing trains are subjected, to say nothing of the expense and delay which are en tailed by the use of a stationary engine. Under these circumstanceo, We consider that they have been remiss in not providing their trains with self acting breaks affixed to all the carriages or wag gons. The van to which the train was attached was provided with two breaks, we are informed, but these, owing to the frozen and slippery state of the rails, were powerless to check the velocity of the train. We do not draw attention to this case be cause we consider that the North Eastern Railway Company were more negligent in this instance than railway companies generally are. Thousands of trains had passed up and down the incline with safety, and there was no reason to believe that the one in question would fare worse than its predece-s -sore. The pitcher goes a hundred times to the well, but at last it is broken, and the misfortune is set down to accident. A human life cannot be replaced, and therefore the accident should be guarded against as far as possible. The breaking of the wire rope may have been caused by the frost, bu. if the carriages had been provided with self-acting breaks the worst inconvenience that would have been experienced would have been a shoo delay. Years igo a patent was taken out for a simple contrivance to prevent accidents in the mining districts by the breaking of the chain by which the cages are drawn up the shafts, a powerful clamp is fixed to the top of the cage, travels up the ways, and is connected with the hook of the chain in such a manner that when the cage is suspended it travels freely up the ways; but should the chain break, and the strain be taken off the clamp, it at once bites fist to the ways, and holds the cage fixed. Why should not such a contrivance be adapted to all railway car riages by a simple contrivance of this kind. Labour would be saved to the guards, and safety ensured to the public. By having th e breaks 'so arranged they would be relieved by the strain on the coup ling-chains caused by the tractive force of the en gine, and operate at once when that strain was dis continued. Had the carriages on the Gothland incline been thus provided the accident would not have been attended with the fatal results we have mentioned. It may probably be objected that in convenience would result by the adoption of. the plan proposed, when it was necessary to shunt a train from behind, of in backing it; but surely these are difficulties which practical engineering skill could easily overcome. Let the Board of Trade issue its fiat that such precautions must be taken, and railway companies will soon find engineers able and willing to carry them out. Death of Mr. Puller, M,P, for Hertfordshire. Mr. Christopher William Giles-Puller, M.P, for Hertfordshire, died, after a short illness, on Tues day, at his seat. Youngsbury, near Ware, Although Mr. Puller was not a great orator or a conspicuous politician, there was scarcely any member of the House of Commons more popular with all parties. Mr. Puller was born in 1807, and was the son of Sir Christopher Giles-Puller, Chief Justice of Cal cutta, by Louisa, daughter of Mr. Joseph King, of Taplow. He was educated at Eton, and took a double first class at Oxford, as a member of Christ Church, in 1828. In 1832 he was called to the bar, and practised in the Court of Chancery till 1841. He first contested Hertfordshire in the Liberal in• terest in 1852, but was defeated, Sir E. B. Lytton, Sir IL Meux, and Mr. Halsey being returned on Conservative principles. In 1857 he again came forward for the county under peculiarcircumstances. It had been "arranged" that one of the three seats for the county should be resigned to the Whig party. Sir Henry Meux had intimated his inten• tion of resigning his seat, but—owing to certain weaknesses of temperament which ultimately be came unpleasantly known to the public—he with drew his resignation, and Mr. Abel Smith most honourably retired from the contest. Mr. Puller was proposed by Mr. W. F. Cowper, M.P. for the borough of Hertford, and was elected without op position, his colleagues being Sir E. B. Lytton and Sir H. Meux. He does not appear to have made on this occasion any explicit declaration of his political opinions, except on the China question, on which he agreed substantially with Lord Palmer ston. In 1859 (May 2) Mr. Puller was returned again with Sir E. B. Lytton and Mr. Abel Smith. He attacked, i❑ his speech at the hustings, the Derby Retorm Bill, bat admitted that there were good points in it, as for instance the £lO county franchise. Mr. Puller was, as we have said, a Whig; bat he was one of a moderate and truly liberal character. He was a strong opponent of the balky ; he always voted against the abolition of church rates; he voted against the abolition of the paper duty ; and in Net was practically a Liberal Conservative of the most sensible class, like Sir Robert. Peel, "Liberal from feeling, Conservative from principit," as the late Prince Consort once said. Mr. Puller married, in 1831, Emily, youngest daughter of Mr. William Blake, of Danesbury,Hert fordstaire, by whom he had a large family. His suns were, like himself, educated at Eton, and some have distinguished themselves as proficients in ma theinatics and modern languages. Oue is a fe►iow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and another an able member of Baiiiol College, Oxford. The Seizure of the Pampero, - -..- This case was called on Wednes2ay before Lard Ormidale as Judge Ordinary of Exchequer in Scotland, for the hearing of counsel on the pre liminary objections to the information. Mr. Clark, for the owners, complained of the information as bad in law, and as not properly libelling the offences constituted by the Enlistment Act. He took the objection stated in the Alexandra case, but not disposed of (that case having turned on other points), that the information combined and mixed up two offences which wer3 quite distinct in the statute. There were 98 counts in the information, of which 96 related to the equipment of the ship with intent to be employed in the service of a cer tain foreign state, and with intent to cruise and commit hostilities against another foreign State.. Now, the statute contemplated two offences in this branch of it,—first, the equipment of a ship with intent that it should be employed in the service of a foreign State as a transport or storeship; and, second, the cqutpment of any ship or vessel with intent to cruise and commit hostilities against a foreign State. The information had, he held, con founded these two things by applying both intents to the one act of equipment —namely, of the cruiser. Ile Act being directed against British subjects, the intent libelled must apply to British subjects. It was quite conceded bo,h by the Bar and the Bench in the Alexandra case that it was a perfectly lawful thing for a person to build and arm a vessel of war, and send it to a foreign prt, being the port of a belligerent Power, and sell that ship there as an armed ship. That had been decided over end over again, and especially in the America n C ourts, under the Act of Congress on this Matter , Which was fully more strict than the British statute , L ord Ormidale• lVeitid they hold that now P (A laugh.) Clark , • , =l'ne ledges d ee t a ie l y would, whatever the people teight say. its Lordship would observe , therefore, that in fittiug out the vessel and se ndin g her out to the port ofa belligerent Power , t he p er • sous so fitting her out could not have the intent to employ her as a ship of war. Lord tit - middle. — Suppose there *Sti an antecedent contract ? Mr. Clark did not think that would vary the matter at all, because to constitute an offence under this statute the employment of the ship must not be the employment by a foreign Power, but an employ ment by the persons, being British subjects, woo equipped the ship. As he read these counts, they expressed an intent on the part of the foreign State to cruise and commit hostilities I at all events, they did not connect that intent with the persons who equipped the Vessel. The only good coun in the series Was the 97th, which alleged the intent that the vessel would be employed as a transport or storeship by a foreign State, the 98th count being also open to objection. Mr. Shand followed on behalf of the builders, objecting to the case going to trial on an ambiguous and irrelevant information. He held that at least 72 of the counts were objec tionable?. Mr. Rutherford asked adjournment before Crown counsel should reply, which was granted. REPRESENTATIO N OF GREAT YARMT:JTIT,—The Liberals, it is understood, propose to bring forward Mr. W. F. M'Cullagh Torrens (author of the " Life of :lit J, Graham" and other works, and M.P. for Dundalk in the Parliament of 1817) and Mr. David Falcke, as candi dates for Great Yarmouth at the next election. Mr M'Cullagh Torrens was returned for the town in 1857, but was unseated on petition. Mr. Falcke, who is of the Hebrew persuasion, and a highly respectable retired trades man, was recently appointed by the Lord Chancellor, one of the magistrates for the borough. The Conservatives will again support the sitting members, Six E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and Sir H. J. Stracy, Bart. THE SOMERS FUND.—Among the list of Dublin contributors we find all parties, such as The O'Connor Don, M.P. (a Conservative), J. M'N ,mars Cantwell, F. Mac donogh, M.P., Q.C., and his Excellency the Earl o, Carlisle, tut a writer in the Mail states that none of thope gentlemen who got valuable at pointments in all branches of the services, civil and military, have as yet subscribed. If so, it shows great ingratitude. We would recommend a committee here, which would do much good for the widow and orphan. ' • A SHILLING'S' WORTH OF 'I3LAEPHEMY!-- The Paris Precise announces that M. Ernest Renan is about to bring out a popular edition of his celebrated " Life of Jesus," which will be sold at one franc, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LRSIITER'S TELEGRAMS.] THE WAR IN SCHLESWIG. COPENHAGEN, FEB. 18.4 15 r M. It is officially announced that she enemy nas thrown a bridge across the Egern Sound and occu• pied Broacker in considerable force. A Danish ironclad battery has left Sonderburg 'Jr that place. The weather is frost. BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. The Vectis, with the above mail, arrived et Marseilles at 1 a.m. this day. The mails were to leave fur London at 11.30 a.m. FRANCE. PARIS, FEB. 19. An Imperial decree has been issued appointing a committee to draw up the regulations in connexion with the Supt. Bill which has been submitted to the Corps Legislatif. M. Corta, member of the Corps Legislatif, embarked yesterday for Mexico. He has been entrusted with a mission, and will be invested with authority over all financial functionaries and agents. On the occasion of the death of the Duchess of Parma, an application was made to the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris to obtain the celebration of a solemn funeral service at Notre-Dame. The reply of Mgr. Darhoy was as follows : "Monsieur,—You have done me the honour of expressing the desire that a funeral service should be celebrated at Notre-Dame on the occasion of the death of the Duchess of Parma, as was done, you believe, on the deaths of Charles X. and the Dauphin. It is hardly necessary for me to re mark that the question is not to obtain the per formance of a low mass, or an ordinary service. All Catholics may demand such prayers from their cures, and all cures may celebrate such masses without my special permission, as is done every day. If, therefore, I am consu ted in the present instance, the reason is that the service contemplated would be one of a parti cular character, and it is that peculiar character, rendering my intervention necessary, which deprives me of the power of acceding to the request made, rhe precedents which you allege do not exist, or rather are of quite an opposite nature. No service was celebrated at Notre-Dame on the death of Charles X.; the noble and devoted Mgr. tie Qeelen, who was then 'Archbishop of Paris, even wrote to all his cures that no such service was to be cele brated in any parish of his diocese. A request has been made to me,' says the circular of the 17th of N eitember, 1836, and will no doubt be addressed to the cures of the different parishes, to allow solemn services to be performed for the repose of the soul of the deceased King. lam thus under the necessity of tracing out for those cures a line of conduct which will shield them from all reproach. Ido not fear to take upon myself the entire responsibility of such a coarse, in order to exonerate them complete! v!—After stating the reasons for his decision Mgr. Qeeten continues : These considerations may serve you to persuade those persons dematcling solemn services for Charles X. not to persevere in their request. I trust that not one of those persons will fail to be satisfied with your reply when you declare thst you ace only the organ of the chief pastor.' Allow me, sir, to use at present the same language, and to hope that you will not refuse to look upon it as simply what I intend it to be, and what the friends of Mgr. de gielen saw in his words—the prudence and senti ments of a bishop who feels his responsibility but does not shrink from it, who knows his duty and fulfils it.—Accept, &c., " t G., Archbishop of Paris." BOURSE, Feb. 18.—Sales from realisation have acted on the market du►i.ug the morning, and Threes, for the Account, have receded to 66f. 60c. Mobilier have improved to I,oBofr. A fair amount of business has been done in Railway Shares, bui prices up to the present show but trifling variattnn from those of yesterday. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents Italian Loan 6B 25 Jo. end month 6B 15 Sew ditto Do. end month — Russian A. us tria.n -;panish Threes., 51 50 P.bt end ntonth• •• • per Cents Do. end month 66 65 Credit M0bi1ier....1076 25 Do. end m0nth....1083 76 Bank Shares 3285 t;rotit. H ander 1300 Roman BALL Deferred Orleann kTorthern Otstt. 1010 .. 1006 25 960 960 New ditto uyou. wart .!1 edi turraueaL 942 50 .. 942 50 New ditto .. 895 „ S aithern Western Eastern .... Sardinian 383 75 „ 382 50 Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 5(15 .. 592 25 Ditto to Barcelona' 302 50 .. 305 THE POLISH INSURRECTION. BtiESLAU, FEB. 18. Advices received hare from Poland stale inat, ou being informed that the Russian Colonel Bent kowski was marching against him, the insurgent leader Bosak sent a detachment to the forest of I , z • for the purpose of making a divers►on, Alter a short engagement the Russians retreated to Baranow. In the meantime Bosak proceeded by forced m arches towards the town of Konskie, attacked the Russian garrison on the E3fh inst., and drove them out of the town. The Russians were then attacked by the detae.ments under Kurowski and Rudow,ki, and lost their military chess, 11 baggage waggons, 200 muskets, and 32 prisoners, while 87 were left dead on the field. The station-master of the railway terminus in this town has been arrested by the Prussian autho rities, and sent to Btrlin to appear before the Supreme Court. Aimost all the guards of the Warsaw and Vienna Railway have been arrested. Destruction by Fire of Boymans' Museum, Rotterdam: (FROM A CORILE SPONDENT.) ROTTERDAM, Feb. 17. The Boymans' Museum, ooniaining one of the most valuable collections of paintings, sculpture, and Japanese treasures in the kingdom, Was last night consumed by fire. A few of the smaller paintings have been saved, but the most valuable portion of the collection has been destroyed. The fire it seems was occasioned through the carelessness of the workmen engaged in repairing a portion of the building. By this fire Rotterdam loses one of its leading attractions. The collection was left to the city by the late William boymans, but has since been considerably increased by purchases made by the municipality. Most of the paintings were of great value, and as they were all by ,deceased mas ters th© loss is irreparable. On Wednesday, while Mr. Charles Dick, brewer, Edinburgii, engaged in sup erintending the ale vats in his brewery, be misse his footing and fell into a vat containing boiling liq uor. Two men' who were close at hand succeeded in getting Mr. Dick speedily of the vat, but the skin was scalded off the whole of his body, and he was otherwise very severely injured. The unfor tunate gentleman, after suffering intense agony far about four hours, died. THE PRINCE REGENT AND TE DANDIES.— rhe Prince Regent at the dandy' ep o h was already an old man, though he did not wish to have it generally known H . had flung away his manhood after his youth. He had neither nerves nor stomach now to play his old part of Buck and BI od. The swaggering muscular graceless ness of his younger days could not be acted over again. He was left with a shattered constitution, a ruined figitre, a n utilovely fame, to hide beneath an auburn wig the grey hairs which no one respected. He owed some fti - vouf to the set of me n Burr unding him, why for his sake made debility the vogue, and unmanliness de rfgueur. . The dandies . were Tor some titne succes.ful in their worthless endeavours. They established quite 'an apotheosis of effeminacy. The world of fashion bowed low* adoration of the clothes horse.—Once,a Week. THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND. (From the London Gazette of this Evening ) vl AR OFFICE, FEB. 18. The Secretary of State for War has this day re ceived despatches from Lieut.-General C,:meron, commanaing her M .j.-sty's forces In N w Z otand, trom which we exiraet t tie tollo ing : Head Quarters, Camp Rangariri, Nov 26, 1863. My Lord,—After the evacuation of their position of Mere-Mere, reported in my last despatch, the rebel natives collected twelve miles higher up the Waikato River at Rangiriri, where previous to the outbreak of hostilities, they had co strutted a very t trong line of entrenchment across the narrow is hmus which aivides ,he Waikato from Lake Waikare, thus completely barring the road up the right bank of the river, Having reconnoitred this position in the Pioneer, on the 18th instant, I determined on landing a force in rear of the line of entrenchment for the purpose of cutting off the retreat of the enemy simultaneously with attacking him in front. With this view the head quarters 40th Regiment, 300 strong, under Colonel Leslie, C. 8., were embarked on the 20th instant, on boardithe Colonial steamers, Pioneer and Avon, which, withfourlgunboats, proceeded up the Wai kato, under command of Commodore Sir W. Wiseman, whilst with another force named in the margin I moved towards Rangiriri, by the right bank of the river. Both arrived near Rangiriri at the same time, 3 p.m. The troops were hardly in position when the enemy opened a heavy fire of musketry on every part of his line, but without effect, the troops being under cover of the Wow of the hill. I had arranged with Commodore Sir William Wiseman that the guns attached to the force under my command and those of the gunboats should, on a preconcerted signal, open fire at the same moment when the Pioneer and Avon should also land the 40th Regiment. But the strength of the wind and current rendered the steamers and gunboats almost unmanageable, and at half-past three o'clock, when I gave the signal, only one of the gunboats was reaoy to open fire, and the steamers were still far from the landing place. After shelling the enemy's works for an hour and a half —the day being now fat advanced, and there being little prospect of the remainder of the gunboats getting into posi tion, or of the steamers reaching the landing place, I gave the orders for the assault. Tue whole line of skirmishers and supports rushed eagerly dow the slope of the hill, and advanced towards the entrenchment at as rapid a pee as the rugged and un even nature of the intervening ground would wimit, exposed the whole time to a destructive fire from the enemy. The skirmishers of the 65th Regi..aent having approached to within fifty yards of the entrenchment, and the scaling ladders having been quickly planted under cover of their fire, the skirmishers and the ladder party followed by the support, mounted the parapet, and forced their w,,y over the enemy's first line, then wheeling to the left and charging up the hill, they carried the second line of rifle pits and continued to drive the enemy bef ,re them until their progress was checked by a deadly fire opened upon them from the centre redoub., which the enemy appeared (ietermined to defend to the last. The remainder of the troops on the left, finding it im possible to penetrate the enemy's position on that side, joined the attack on the riga and with the 65th Regiment occupied positions round the central redoubt, almost com pletely enveloping the enemy. Soon after the 65th had passed the main line of en • trenchment, I had the satisfaction of seeing the 4.lth Regiment landing from the Pioneer and Avon, nut tar from the spot I had selectee. Colonel Leslie, without wait ing for the comi aides to form, directed Captain Clarke to take the first 50 men who were landed and at, ask the ridge in rear of the enemy's position, whilst he moved with 10u men round its base, for the purpose of intercepting the enemy, The ridge was carried at once, and a great number of tne enemy were killed or drowned in endeavouring to escape across the swamp at Lake Waikare. A portion of the 65, h Regiment, atter passing the main line of entrenchment, joined the 40th in this attack. Leaving a detachment to occupy the ridge, Colonel Leslie, with the remainder of his regiment, joined the ,orce en - gaget at the central redoubt. This work the enemy continued to defend with great tenacity and resolution. I ordered two successive assaults to be made on it, the first by the Royal Artillery, armed with revolvers, and led by Captain Me , cer ; the second by 90 men of the Royal Navy, armed in a similar manner, and led by Commander Mayne, under the personal direc tion of Commodore Sir William Wiseman. Both assaults were made with great gallantry, but the formidable nature of the work, and the deadly fire directed on the assailants, rendered.it impos-ible for them to effect an entrance. an attempt was afterwards made by a party of seamen, under Commander Phillimore, H M.S. Curacoa, to dislodge the nervy from the work by hand grenades, but without success. It being now dark, I resolved to postpone further opet tions until daylight, ordering the troops to remain during the night in the several positions they had gained. At daybreak t;olonel Mould, C. 8., Commanding Royal Engineer, suggested that a breach should be made in the redoubt by labour with the pick and shovel, and this opera tion was in progress when at about 6 o'clock the enemy hoisted a white flag, and 183 men surrendered uncondi tionally, and laid down their arms. I beg to mention the names of Commander Mayne, her Majesty's ship Eclipse, and Lieutenant Alexander, her Majesty's ship • Curticoa, who particularly distinguished themselves. Captain Lacy, commanding her Majesty's ship Himalaya, accompanied me in the march to Rengiriri, and was present during the whole of the engagement.-4 have, &c., (Signed) D. A. CAMERON, Lieut.-General. CASUALTlES.—Midshipman Watkins, of H. M.S. Curagoa, killed—Commander Mayne (Eclipse), Lieutenants Hoeham and Alexander (Curagoa), and Lieutenant Downes (Mir anda), wounded—Captain Mercer, commanding Royal Ar tillery, severely wounded (since dead)—Captain Brooke, Royal Engineers. slightly wounded—Lieutenant Murphy, Ist Regiment, killed— ,ieutenant Colonel Austen, 14,1 Regiment, severely wounded, and Captain Phelps, ditto, ditto (since dead) —Ensign Ducrow, 40th Regiment, dan gerously wounded—and Captain Aresson, Lieutenant Che valier, and Lieutenant Talbot (three places), 65th Regi wounded. ment, The Late Miss Alicia Campbell (Lord Clyde's b ister). Utters of admiele• deer been granted h) tee Court of Probate to Mr P S. YI :cever, editor and proprietor of the Western Daily Press (Bristo:), as one of the next of kin of the tete Miss Alicia Campbell, of 4, S'anhopet. rrace, Hyde-park. ['he circumstances of Miss Campbell's death were very touching, and the event coming so soon after the decease of her noble brother, they possess a mourn ful interest. Except a tendency to short breathing, she was a lady of robust health, with a fine flew of spirits and great energy and decision of character. On the morning of the 30th December no danger was apprehended, although she was confined to her room; in the evening she was dead. Two faithful friends of 30 years' standing watched her last mo ments and performed the last ofikes with greet kindness and consideration. The attack of hitless wee; so sudden that the first intimation which General Eyre (Lord Clyde's executor) received was a telegram announcing MlB9 Campbelt's death. The funeral took place on the 6 January, at Ken sal-green Cemetery, and in the same ground which General Eyre had purchased, in August last, for Lord Clyde's tomb, his lordship's sister was buried by a few friends who had long known and re spected brother and sister. Lord Clyde, by his will, made a handsome provision for his sister of £l,OOO a year, derivable from an investment of £33.00u Consols, besides constituting her joint residuary legatee with General Eyre. The first half-yearly payment of this annuity became due on the Sib Jan, --Awn days after Miss Campbell was in her grave. In the letters of administration the deceased is sty led " Alicia Maeliver, otherwise Campbell," the first being the name of her father and the name in which she is officially registered in Glagow ; the second being her mother's name, which she adopted after her brother was enrollel at th - Horse Guards as Colin Campbell. Tne father, Mr. John Maciiver, :VdS related as uncle to the gentleman who is ap pointed to act as administrator to his deceased cousin. That venerable sire of a noble son attained to a patriarchal age, exceeding 90, and lived to see his son a peer of the realm. His daughter Alicia was a most dutiful comforter of the cld man's de clining years. Her death, while sudden and unex pected, wits peecetul and happy. Trios() who knew her best will miss her most. Miss Campbell's age was 69, or two years less than her Wee her's. . AUSTRALI,!N PORTRAITS OF THE PRINC E SS AL EX AN D RA.—Tne folloWillf is an extract from a pr vate letter which arrived yOterday :--,' H. and I went e few days ago' to see the White BWan Hotel, in Ch.ndos. street, kept by a Mrs. Haller, Who has a pretty daughter, As soon as H. saw the latter, she said, you are to the Princess Alexandra.' 'Bless me, haw like , y es, ' said the young lady, laughing, ' I believe s,. ' ` lndeed you are, Continued H.; `has nobody ever told you so?' 6 Oh, yet,' replied the other, laughing • again : and then added in au under tone, 'to tell sou the truth I have stood for a portrait of the Princess, and m ;11Y hundreds of my likenesses have been sold for hers ; Then she explained that a photographic artist, who frequented the house, had asked her to oblige 'him' by standing for the purpo;e, and for the fun of the ' thing she had contented, and that is the way in which some lot the exact likenesses of the princess have been produced." -...Bathwreit Times,NoT.l9 ) 186 . 3 ' ' ' 0g)4 .54 ! r Sn 151: 11 rt %, DIEN HER MAJESTY• OSBORNE, Feb. a His Serene Highness Prince Leiningen arrlce at o.borne yesterd y on a visit. to her Mjeety.. Ti: , Right Hon. W E . Gladstone also synced from London, and had an audience o f her alb pat', Mr. Gladstone had the honour of dinivg wit the Queen and royal family. The Prince and Princess of Wale s The Prince and Prin S c T ts . sot LEONARDSNIries Feb.drovelB;ut yestercll , y, and visited Battle Aobey. tbig Notwithstandin g a slight fall of sue/ - morning their Royal Highnesses the Prince 01! Princess of Wales ana suite left the Royal Vict°l Hotel about 11 o'clock, for Bexhill, where liiroYas highness again hunted with Mr. Brooks herriesrt, and enjoyed fair sport. The prince returned 1° bto . Leonards soon after 3 o'clock, and about 8 13 i ° afterwards proceeded on foot to th e East gilc favourite resort for visitors to the to wns of giii3;a and St. Leonards, on account of the fine Ibu d sea views to be had from this point. The a lt eto . ° 4 was fine and clear. Dr. Sieveking fj ; trl :o this morning) and iNidor Teesdale accorapan'e-olie royal highness. It was nearly 6 o'clock vibe° party returned to St. Leonards. • fel W the Victoria Hotel after witnessing th e start el harriers. 0 To-morrow evening the local volunteer c°11: (artillery and rifle) are to have a march out rtstt residence of the prince and princess. p PRINCE ALFRED.—His iyal Hi ha' s - h r n i Alfred visited the Royal Scottish Academy g At Edt l3 " / " . : - • on Wednesday last, attended by Mail. Cowed. It i n „ r '; e :. neth Macleay, R.S.A., and Mr. W. B. Johnsto ne, d tGe had the honour of attending his Royal Highness r°u° iea rooms. The Hon. Frederick Charieris also aec °l4°P the prince during his progress through t he acadeteP, Their itlyal Highnebses the Duchess of , 0 bridge, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg.Stteli!%oite the Princess Mary yesterday personally called t° after the health of the Countess (Dowager) of J etsei l o e is still in an unsatisfactory condition, at, er ladys lllo in Berkeley-square. bit. The Duke et Devonshire arrived at ne C° for House on Wednesday last, and has left tovill r ' 156111 Holkar Hall, near Milnthorpe. So d The E ,ri rind Countess of Leven, the U' ptcr Countess of Stradbroke, and Mrs. Lane Fox a re longing their stay at tue Bedford Hotel, Bilgh wu ' i 0 6 Lord alio Lady Ciaua H.,natitoci and farl' il ,oo. arrived at their residence in Eaton square tor the ' e "%w4 L ody Caroline .Y -eld has arrived a t tier residence L. in Uppper Brook-street for the season. aO l L'id) Mon agu anti Miss Leeds nave -trh.ice the Portland lintel, South , ea, on their way to 1331"-proce IHE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE con tows to I tl3 ` in health. His grace has taken occasional Orria,4se, jugs, but is, for the present, unable to attend - in Parliament. a TO THE RIGHT HON. THE CHANCELLuIt —l,Ol EXCHEQUER and Mrs. Gladstone had 6 (1 31 0 11 party last evening, at their private residence ctl-d66tooe House-terrace. Later in the evening , Mrs. v. : ' „birO le , had an evening party, at wnich the Austrian Tuft dor, the Duke and Duchess of Ar i qll, (the poet Laureate), Mr. Fronde, the Earl - Viscount Amberley, and Lady Georgina V't lsse i s , United States Minister and Ca tain Adatus 'b e ; o oO r t Minister, Lord and Lady Irelaru P ere and Miss Se. Lord Frederick Cavendish, &c.,. were present. - -4- T THE SHAKSPEAREAN TERCENTEN— STRATFORD-ON-AVON.-0 Wednesday le'f mayor in the chair, it was announced that the„.oo. ing gentlemen had accepted the office of vice-Pre; Itlf.; —The Right Honourable the Earl of Clasen es,gor Francois Victor Hugo, Professor S. S. Brewer. f ir. 0 6 0 Lucas, M.A., Mr. Alexander Dyce, Rev. Williata r Clark, M.A., Mr. William Aldis Wright , Al i r t . ,: Hardy, Mr. William Tite, M.P., Mr. P. A. TaPi° jotlej-1 Lieutenant-Colonel Henry A. Bowyer, Rev. and Mr, J. W. Kaye. The secretary stated tha t ' l3 O Somers, Mr. Austin Henry LayArd, M.P , Sir i t : C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., Sir Coutts Lie cle°l ;tit e 'j Mr, Gambier Parry, and Mr. Tom Taylor had c ° ,: l o r e rory act on the monumental memorial committee. 1 " - 1 .1 1 P o li6 t , l io of Mr. Hogarth, of London, that an exlaibitio n plod of known portraits of Shakspere, and eminent ac:130101,0 plays, should be opened in the Town-hall, durieg.o ads i i : 46 val (together with editions of the poet's work s ' 1 0, of languages, and of all periods, so far as prec ti° :lo l :ol, discussed, and adopted by the committee. Th e c - atoP j d i st programme of the forthcoming celebration wa a - or ted and ordered to be printed ; and the mayor ITP-aterfr arrangements were completed for three theatrical ei4 s merits. ba t; HAYMARKET THEATRE.—Mr. Sother-, te s lap great degree recovered the cffects of his dent. Although his arm is still in splints, 11 . e bt move it about, so that there is no reason to d o L ° ota l o g; he will be able to appear on Wednesday next , t ue a t oo h ioll in a "new monepologioal exuravaganzA," Wh ie f o, expressly written for him by Mr. H. T. Crav 44 r for o o4 will bear the title of " Bunkum Muller." Pie DO will precede the unfading attraction ot the le ire-t° Dundreary, in " Our American Cousin." rhe REPRESENTATION OF DORSET.—UP ,etit time no si,ps have brew taken bY t " ac ci ° ir ert of the county of Dorset respecting the vaeaneYo,l3o`°Fs' by the resignation of Mr. H Ker Soyin r loril);o0; very general)/ believed, although Mr. Paye r 19 6_ 0 P re IP art .ar, th at the supporters of the Governtn,a' r o lifi era it derauce of influence in the county. The ti re ; ) : yest' rday says that the present state of the c°' ) ae ro coupled with the fact of the principal lanaovi. 0,41 county being in tavour of.the present MinistrY., '-roporo 31 it of a contest a second seat would more W . I . , 1) 1 0 secured for the Liberal interest. The Shervadeotai says —" Of course the success. .r of the host• g' p be a Liberal. The territorial influence Of L W ; iv° tio ct7, been so completely altered in the last ei t ;b t ° t t lie; o at i ,; and especially within the last 12 months , 1 :7 10 ja .t ot o f of a Liberal, if started, is beyond a doubt. fa tat landowners referred to as being in the. , t oo Y . 1 1 0 1; the Marquis of Westminster, Lord Porto/ ,;;liere Shaftesbury, Lord Rivers, and Lord DigbY• v o ° o o e S , ever, a good feeling between the two politica to the question of a contest undoubtedly depeo 48 ,10 10 :00 S1 tent on the keeping up of the present g00d,.111 Ol t 11 4; IRE "ADORATION OF the KINGS' fi j rP' f TINO, has just been placed in the N. 064) 8 r v r e f o ; This was purchased, in June last, frail f li d. "00 0 0 Bromley collection. Barmantino was so 0116 13a f sf ai mante, his master ; his original name W 4s o lc a : t are 6 Suardi ; the dates of his birth and deaLh e re t his was living in 1495 and 1525, The figures h a O la ti cla ) ; small life size, the canvas being 7 teat I,,llitaeno,e b et a feet 11 inches wide, It is a work of the "." 00 0tO t i al is and, like many paintings coming trom th_ A ° e oir l° e 4 # ° oo . cuted on poplar wood. The kind of wc''' te rtA.,, i ,o l w er pannels often serves to confirm opinions e ll rr tli a f" the original locality from which they 01334. of 1 home A o' growing countries oak appears, from the nO 9 O ts the pine ; and so on with other woods. fir o... 0 0 , 0 How THACKERAY TOOK THE Fitttddeclitirlote, MICHAEL ANGELO ( Fit:wash beingteagoracd afterthought)—T.ae correspondent of a eJt` iiiar tie e '... cliaC n io —" A fine-young fellow of the name of 1301,'iag oa' r o a other scholar or two, were, with myself, T oote tri' e att°, claret when Thackeray came into the 10 ill mantling countenance and the glistenit 4 . 74 0 t o ..c at ho had been dinhag. It was a plOsel4_,ollds id aa Thackeray, for thooe who were not A 0 w iti.b le 10 , 1 10 cuisinerie as himself : every. king ent rttorlia.„TifitorY,rof' t a fled in a moment -- whether it was 01 co' reo tr French, Swedish, I might add Tirunuelts,7 40 S oo t ttl e knew and partook of. Herein, perhaP a, t ;;0l if i .0 3° 0 ,0 ° Thackeray, in fact, was a highly - tiler l s ll o ? claret went on with Ballantime. 0 31 t ;od pl ead v ie ° friend and printer of Sir Walter 600 t 0 0 , pad At the t on t l e e, baa t o '' ,o ol.;',e chaff' with Thackeray. seated the living image of the celabrs Wit examining. Michael Angelo redivivil!tor 10040 in hilarious accents ! In 24 hours then pine ab lica" 0 0 O il a book, wench had been on the eve °t Michael Angelo Titmarsii.' " , T jv lo f A O A TOL P 0 24 P r o. UXFOIaD AND CAMBRIDGE at e These sports will tie In .tigar6,";llo,iM Saturday, the sth of Mai ch, u t. 1:13 0 e o dY' v p having consented to visit Oxiord fir'' ut ° lot ' regarded with great interest tilro n g p° oo o ~oft f) r 0 toe first of the kind which has ever V I V' O il ti ' Universities. i IAC sr ° tie " 13a • „ ( - )A OXFORD AND CA MB KIDG E rd et.,,A, ,rota I- 0 t ot ran:lsta ay Evei fn. 0:' a d , o o t ta e c l a o our col:turns last week, is still the ea'" is t oo w ill co t ' OO 6 'limy of ,good aquatic judges, here is gat claboa doff b~0( selection oi . the Oxf.rd UUlVereltY the taeve to that of the last three y e ars. 6i ,..",hey active trainin g o n Wednesdayo' (7,0) 0 1 ,1 o d o WO k, taking , their breathings ,vesttoo ( f t : of c 9 don lustier a livost '1: 0-51 a distal3alt ro w from Ox o.rd to Wallingtord,ildistarcl, miles. The criow will dine at Ai r . OxfoK4 by railvita in the evening. , !I^ - 7 rem, Past qon U t I I % li d of I PPeg rs t Ire the re btirl affsae , " The 1 44c,1 bittf!